When we had the opportunity last year to share the stunning cover and prologue from Mike Chen’s debut novel, Here and Now and Then, we were immediately hooked.

It hit all of the right spots for this particular sci-fi fan, with its unique blend of future and current technologies, and had us eager to learn everything we could about Kin, his daughter, Miranda, and his life split across time.

(And, really, anything that blends the concepts of Doctor Who and Outlander together is a winner in our eyes.)

Thanks to Mira Books, we’re joining in on the book tour, leading up to Here and Now and Then’s release on January 29, 2019. Tor shared the first chapter on their site earlier this week, and GeekDad has chapter two. You can read on below for the third installment, and tune in to Crime Reads on Friday for the fourth and final chapter.

To save his daughter, he’ll go anywhere — and any-when…

Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in I.T., trying to keep the spark in his marriage, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career…as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142.

Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-traveler’s brain. Until one afternoon, his “rescue” team arrives—eighteen years too late.

Their mission: return Kin to 2142 where he’s only been gone weeks, not years, and where another family is waiting for him. A family he can’t remember.

Torn between two lives, Kin is desperate for a way to stay connected to both. But when his best efforts threaten to destroy the agency and even history itself, his daughter’s very existence is at risk. It’ll take one final trip across time to save Miranda—even if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process.

A uniquely emotional genre-bending debut, Here and Now and Then captures the perfect balance of heart, playfulness, and imagination, offering an intimate glimpse into the crevices of a father’s heart, and its capacity to stretch across both space and time to protect the people that mean the most.

‘Here and Now and Then’ will hit store shelves on January 29, 2019

You can pre-order your copy of Here and Now and Then at the links below, and be sure to add it to your Goodreads to-read list.